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Jonathan Huberdeau did mental and physical work in the off-season in an effort to make his third season as a Calgary Flame his best one yet. The 31-year-old got off to a strong start with two goals and two assists in Saturday’s 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Calgary’s home-opener. Saturday’s pre-game saw a

The San Jose Sharks placed rookie Macklin Celebrini on the injured reserve list on Saturday with a lower-body injury. The move came two days after Celebrini made an impressive debut by recording a goal and an assist in an overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues. The 18-year-old Celebrini was picked first overall in June

Nick Suzuki and the Montreal Canadiens were dreaming big. The club stunned the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2021 playoffs before sweeping the Winnipeg Jets and besting the Vegas Golden Knights. The second of two pandemic-truncated seasons — this one with unique divisions — would see Montreal face the Tampa Bay

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Baseball playoffs The biggest game so far in the post-season takes place tonight at 8 p.m. ET when the Los Angeles Dodgers host rival San Diego for the deciding Game

It has never been more complicated or more expensive to watch hockey than it is right now. And yet, as the puck drops on this NHL season, the broadcasting rights landscape in Canada is bracing for much more dramatic changes.  And experts warn whatever changes come, they won’t make it easier on fans trying to watch

Donald (Donnie) Marshall, the last surviving member of the Montreal Canadiens dynasty that won five consecutive Stanley Cups from 1956-1960, has died. He was 92. The NHL team announced Marshall’s passing Thursday, although the cause of death wasn’t revealed. Marshall made his NHL debut in 1951-52, playing one game with the Canadiens before permanently establishing

The Vancouver Canucks lost to the Calgary Flames 6-5 in the two teams’ NHL season opener in Vancouver on Wednesday, which ended up being an overtime thriller. Connor Zary scored 1:33 into overtime and the Flames opened their season with a comeback win. Anthony Mantha led Calgary with a goal, an assist and a fight. Rasmus

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The NHL did not include Canada in its season-opening plans. The 2024-25 campaign started last week in the Czech Republic with two games between New Jersey and Buffalo, and the

Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nazem Kadri’s book “Dreamer: My Life On The Edge” delves into coach Mike Babcock’s handling of players. Kadri’s book scheduled for release Oct. 15 recounts Babcock telling Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner during his 2016-17 rookie season to make of list of teammates ranking their work ethic from best to

Connor McDavid is still stinging from losing Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final by the slimmest of margins. Leon Draisaitl cannot keep thinking about it. “I’m not sure it’s something that you ever get over, really,” McDavid said. “And time kind of just moves on.” The NHL now gets to see what two of

The Vancouver Canucks acquired defenceman Erik Brannstrom from the Colorado Avalanche for defenceman Tucker Poolman and a 2025 fourth-round draft pick. Brannstrom, 25, had spent his entire six-year career with the Ottawa Senators before signing with the Avalanche in free agency in July. He signed a one-year, $900,000 US deal. The five-foot-10, 185-pounder had three goals and

Newcomer Paul Cotter proved his value, scoring again in Prague as the New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday for a sweep of their regular-season-opening series in the Czech capital. Cotter, among New Jersey’s new additions, also scored in a 4-1 win Friday and added an assist. The games were part of

The NHL season begins in Prague, makes a stop in Finland in November and there are more than 1,200 games to be played around North America. The Florida Panthers raise their first Stanley Cup championship banner and the Utah Hockey Club plays its first game since moving from Arizona as part of a tripleheader to

Bernard Dion is hoping for a “fantastic show” after he scored last-minute tickets to catch the first of two Los Angeles Kings exhibition games being held in Quebec City on Thursday. As the games draw criticism from organizations and politicians across Quebec for being funded by a government subsidy, Dion said the investment is worthwhile. “If

Connor McDavid stands in the middle of the locker room. The Edmonton Oilers captain’s voice rises as he emphatically calls on teammates to give more. His passionate, expletive-laden message — a side rarely, if ever, seen publicly from the superstar centre — reflects the level of urgency in his team’s Stanley Cup quest. Edmonton has

Hockey Canada will hold a Beyond The Boards summit in Ottawa in November to analyze gender-based violence, homophobia, sexism and transphobia in the game. It’s Hockey Canada’s second summit after last year’s in Calgary, where toxic masculinity in elite men’s hockey was under the microscope. Calls for culture change in hockey arose after allegations of

Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine is expected to miss two to three months with a sprained left knee that won’t require surgery. The Canadiens announced the injury update Tuesday after Laine exited early in Saturday’s 2-1 pre-season loss to Toronto following a knee-on-knee collision with Maple Leafs forward Cedric Pare. While Laine avoided the worst,

Elliot Lake hockey fans came out by the thousands on Sunday in Sudbury to see their NHL heroes up close.  It was a big moment for the community which was experiencing a string of bad news up until their victory during the Kraft Hockeyville competition earlier this year.  Elliot Lake’s only arena was suddenly shutdown in September